Win One of Seven APTC Main Event Seats at the APT Jeju Classic 2026
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, January 8, 2026 – The Asian Poker Tour — Sponsored by Natural8 — returns to South Korea with the APT Jeju Classic 2026 running from January 30 to February 8 at the tournament tables of LES A Casino located at the luxurious Jeju Shinhwa World resort in partnership with Landing Entertainment Korea.
Following a record-setting 2025, the tour marks the start of a milestone 20th year with an action-packed 99-event schedule (including satellites) headlined by the KRW 2.2 billion guaranteed Main Event, with the festival boasting total prize pool guarantees exceeding KRW 4.9 billion (~USD 3.4 million).
In addition to the mouth-watering prize pools on offer, APT Jeju Classic 2026 will also be awarding seven coveted seats to the APT Championship 2026 (APTC) Main Event, the USD 5M guaranteed season-ending showpiece taking place from November 13–29, 2026 in Taipei.
There are seven APTC Main Event seats up for grabs at the festival, with the top three finishers in the KRW 2.3 million (~USD 1,600) buy-in APT Jeju Classic Main Event) and the winners of the following events all claiming a ~USD 10,000 buy-in seat to the APTC Main Event:
- APT Main Event Champion
- 2nd and 3rd Place Finishers in the Main Event
- APT Super High Roller Champion
- APT High Roller Champion
- Superstar Challenge Champion
- Zodiac Classic Champion
The tour’s other two signature trophy tournaments, the KRW 15M buy-in APT Super High Roller and the KRW 5M buy-in APT High Roller, come with KRW 500 million (~USD 345,000) and KRW 700 million (~USD 484,000) prize pool guarantees respectively, with the Zodiac Classic – Sponsored by Natural8 also sporting a KRW 500 million guarantee.
Other guaranteed key events include the KRW 850K (~USD 590) buy-in APT National Cup, the KRW 1.1M (~USD 760) buy-in Mystery Bounty Hunter – Sponsored by Natural8, the KRW 1.2M (~USD 830) buy-in Mini Main Event, and the KRW 1M (~USD 690) buy-in Ultra Stack.
KEY EVENTS
- APT Main Event (KRW 2.2B/~USD 1.5M GTD): Feb 1-7 – KRW 2.3M/~USD 1,500 buy-in
- APT National Cup (KRW 200M/~USD 138K GTD): Jan 30-31 – KRW 850K/~USD 590 buy-in
- Mystery Bounty Hunter – Sponsored by Natural8 (KRW 400M/~USD 276K GTD): Jan 31-Feb 1 – KRW 1.1M/~USD 760 buy-in
- APT Super High Roller (KRW 500M/~USD 345K GTD): Jan 31-Feb 1 – KRW 15M/~USD 10,300 buy-in
- Sunday Super Stack: Feb 1 – KRW 500K/~USD 345 buy-in
- Superstar Challenge: Feb 2-3 – KRW 35M/~USD 24,200 buy-in
- Zodiac Classic – Sponsored by Natural8 (KRW 500M/~USD 345K GTD): Feb 5-6 – KRW 3.6M/~USD 2,400 buy-in
- Baby Superstar: Feb 6 – KRW 15M/~USD 10,300 buy-in
- Mini Main Event (KRW 300M/~USD 207K GTD): Feb 6-7 – KRW 1.2M/~USD 830 buy-in
- Ultra Stack (KRW 100M/~USD 69K GTD): Feb 7-8 – KRW 1M/~USD 690 buy-in
- APT High Roller (KRW 700M/~USD 484K GTD): Feb 7-8 – KRW 5M/~USD 3,400 buy-in
- Micro Main Event: Feb 7 – KRW 450K/~USD 310 buy-in